@pluralistic

Oh Mr Doctorow, although I feel your hopefulness, we the rest of the world are not as positive as you in believing things will be easy, Nürnberg trials and rewards for whistleblowers notwithstanding, the unites states seems too far gone to come back and yet, if a change is to be made at all it would be in everyone's interest, (including those of us outside Usonia), for something "new" AND "better" than what is now the government...